MA Portuguese and Scottish Literature
Entry requirements
A level: from A*AA to AAA (required: a language other than English at B, English Literature or combined English at B) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Portuguese and Scottish Literature, a joint honours degree in English Literature and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Students spend the third year abroad in a Portuguese-speaking country to study or work. The first year covers poetry, drama, prose, linguistics and English language, alongside options in Celtic and Scottish ethnology, business, economics and informatics, politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations, art and architectural history, history, classics and archaeology, and philosophy, divinity and law. Year 2 features modules such as Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, Gender and Culture, The Coming-of-Age Narrative, Introduction to European Cinema, Dynamics of Language and Power, Languages Beyond University, Catalan or Spanish, and different aspects of linguistics. Year 3 involves studying or working in destinations including Rio de Janeiro in Brazil or Lisbon and Coimbra in Portugal. The final year focuses on presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in Portuguese, as well as advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition.
Modules
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- linguistics and English language
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Catalan or Spanish (either starting from scratch or continuing from Year 1) to expand your knowledge of Iberian cultures
- different aspects of linguistics
- Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
- Lisbon and Coimbra in Portugal
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- presenting and discussing cultural, political and societal topics in Portuguese
- advanced comprehension, summary writing, translation and composition